Musuem
You will be creating a museum exhibit for the 6th and 8th graders teaching them about the 1960’s. You must choose a topic and
create a proposal for your exhibit. Remember not all people learn the same, so you must have many visuals. Read the following
rubric to ensure the grade you wish.
Museum
Exhibit
Rubric
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Required
Elements
Includes at least one
quotation and at least six
artifacts that cover at least
four important elements.
Curator’s notes are included
for all artifacts.
Includes at least one
quotation and at least six
artifacts that cover at least
three important elements.
Curator’s notes are included
for all or most artifacts.
Missing one to two
required elements. May
have no quotation or fewer
than six artifacts. Curator’s
notes are included for
most artifacts.
Missing three or more
required elements (i.e.,
the quotation, six
museum artifacts).
Curator’s notes are
incomplete or not
included for the
artifacts.
Topic/Content
Artifacts in the exhibit clearly
relate to the main topic.
Covers topic completely and in
depth. Encourages readers to
know more.
Artifacts in the exhibit
clearly relates to the main
topic. Includes essential
information and enough
elaboration to give readers
an understanding of the
topic.
Artifacts in the exhibit
clearly relates to the main
topic. Includes some
essential information with
few facts or details.
Artifacts in the exhibit
have little or nothing to
do with the main topic.
Includes little essential
information and only
one or two facts
Creativity
A lot of thought was put into
making the exhibit interesting
and fun as shown by creative
artifacts and curator’s notes.
Some thought was put into
making the exhibit
interesting and fun as shown
by artifacts or curator’s
notes.
Some thought was put into
making the exhibit
interesting and fun, but
some of the things made it
harder to
understand/enjoy.
Little thought was put
into making the exhibit
interesting or fun.
Bibliographical
Resources
Includes properly cited
sources and complete
information.
Documentation is included
for all sources, but some
bibliographical information is
missing.
Documentation for some
sources is missing and/or
incomplete.
No documentation is
included.
Mechanics
Grammar, spelling,
punctuation, capitalization are
correct. No errors in the text.
Includes 2-3 grammatical
errors, misspellings,
punctuation errors, etc.
Includes 3-4 grammatical
errors, misspellings,
punctuation errors, etc.
Includes more than 5
grammatical errors,
misspellings,
punctuation errors, etc.
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TopicsHistory
1. Vietnam War
2. JFK’s assassination
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs Invasion
5. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Science
1. Sputnik and the Apollo 1-10 missions
2. Apollo 11 mission
3. Inventions
4. Medicine (procedures, discoveries, etc)
Television (choose 3)
1. The Ed Sullivan Show,
2. Star Trek,
3. The Twilight Zone,
4. , The Wonderful World of
Disney,
5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
6. The Beverly Hillbillies,
7. Bonanza,
8. Batman,
9. McHale's Navy,
Famous People
1. Robert F. Kennedy
2. Malcolm X
3. Martin Luther King Jr
10. Laugh-In,
11.The Dick Van Dyke Show,
12. The Fugitive,
13.The Tonight Show,
14.Gunsmoke,
15.The Andy Griffith Show,
16. Gilligan's Island
17., Mission: Impossible,
18. The Flintstones,
19.The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet,
20.Lassie,
21. The Danny Thomas Show,
22. The Lucy Show,
23.My Three Sons,
24.The Red Skelton Show,
25. Bewitched
26.I Dream of Jeannie
Music
1. Elvis
2. Bob Dylan
3. Beatles
4. Rolling Stones
5. Grateful Dead
Art
1. Robert Indiana
2. Stan Lee
3. Andy Warhol
Sports Figures (Choose 2)
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Mickey Mantle
4. Johnny Unitas
5. Willie Mays
6. Joe Namath
7. Jackie Robinson
8. Pele’
1960 Sports
1. 1960’s Olympics (Summer and Winter)
2. 1964 Olympics (Summer and Winter)
3. 1968 Olympics (Summer and Winter)
1960 Fashions (include male and female adults as well as teenagers
1960’s movies – choose 4
1.
Psycho (1960)
101 Dalmations
Mary Poppins (1964)
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Sound of Music (1965)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Birds (1963)
From Russia with Love (1963)
.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Graduate (1967)
West Side Story (1961)
.
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Dr Zhivago
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Cost of living in 1968- How much is a car, house, average salary, food, etc, (at least 25 items)
1968 “a day in the life”- Explain and show the life of an average 7th grader. What would they learn in school, etc